Earthdawn Survival Guide

About Earthdawn Survival Guide

A semi-official podcast dedicated to the Earthdawn role-playing game, hosted by Dan Boice and Earthdawn developer Josh Harrison. Whether it's rules basics, setting lore, or behind-the-scenes insights, this is the place to start building your legend.

Publisher

Josh H & Dan B

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Oct 2019

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

302 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   EDSG Episode 282 - Mailbag!

   * Mailbag! * Email from Matt: Anything we feel the narrators of the books got completely wrong? * Josh can't think of anything offhand * Talking about in-character vs out-of-character information * Email from Bernard * Sidebar about Josh listening speed * Table tales from Bernard * Josh talks about Names and Naming * NPCs getting a life of their own * Looking at the world through an Earthdawn lens * Context for difficulty for learning Key Knolwedge * Question about what happens when Horrors are defeated? * TL;DR: It depends on the Horror! * What is up with the weight of windlings? * How did citadels work? * Archers and fire cannons? * Finer points of the Icy Surface spell? * Astral space in relation to our world and magic level. * Pop culture references for adepts * Closing Find and Follow: Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast Find and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchant Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc Official Earthdawn Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialearthdawn FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   EDSG Episode 281 - Vivane Adventures: Shadows

   * Vivane Adventures: Shadows * Written by Teeuwyn Woodruff * Upper Novice Tier (3rd & 4th Circle) * Jailbreak in Vrontok * Helping Aberdeen; recommended to introduce him before the adventure * His son Thillik was arrested and made a slave in Vrontok * But also... Thillik doesn't recognize his father. * Primary purpose: Free Thillik * Secondary purpose: Learn about the amnesia * Mervyn and his goons: Lackeys of the Mayor * Shakedown highlights the corruption in Vrontok's society * Not a real physical threat, but group is trying to lay low * The Wingsticker Tavern; information gathering from NPCs * Complication: Mervyn and his goons drink at the tavern * Caravath's Laboratory and rescuing Thillik * Soul Spiders: Make their victims submissive and pliable * Likely outcomes and complications * Straightforward adventure with a dark secret * Potential follow-up stories * Final commentary and discussion Find and Follow: Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast Find and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchant Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc Official Earthdawn Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialearthdawn FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   EDSG Episode 280 - Vivane: The Theran Quarter

   * Vivane: The Theran Quarter * The Mailbox is empty! * Catching up with life stuff * GenCon and upcoming product delivery * Theran Quarter: aka The Old City or the Walled City * Walled off from the rest of the city. * Overgovernor's Palace * Least damaged by the Scourge and most rebuilt since then * The Grand Walk * North and South Barracks * Walls along the Flamewalk River * Contrast with Barsaivian Vivane * Wealth, class, exoticism of influences from other cultures * Aquaducts providing water from the river, also used for riot control. * Presentation and design; white, clean, imposing. * Inspired by 19th and early 20th Century impressions of ancient Rome and Greece * The Hanging Ziggurats * More exoticism; display of magical might * The Wedge: Middle class homes and businesses * Artisan District * Theran Quarter Slave Market * Presenting things to the player characters; experiences and sensations * Play up the differences and cosmopolitan influence of the Empire * What's in store for the future? Find and Follow: Email: edsgpodcast@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EDSGPodcast Find and follow Josh: https://linktr.ee/LoreMerchant Get product information, developer blogs, and more at www.fasagames.com FASA Games on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasagamesinc Official Earthdawn Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/officialearthdawn FASA Games Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/uuVwS9u Earthdawn West Marches: https://discord.gg/hhHDtXW

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

13,084

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

50 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

90

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